or this administration. it's part of my constitutional duty, do not think that we also ought to have department of justice being involved in some type of oversight of these records? >> i think that part of the education process for each agency, and reminding the inspector general's, which i've done personally. i've been reading that they have a role to play, too. it's not something that has been followed through to its greatest extent. >> is there any other thing that you can see for expedience of the records? because we draw this out in court proceedings. do you have some other ideas in regards to how we would approach this that we have a speedier release of documentation? >> i think that the capstone system which we have instituted, trial and the national archives the last several months, and attached to my testimony are kind of the outline of that process, goes a long way to address some of the problems that you've heard this morning. >> ms. jackson, did it feel like it was wrong? i got the feeling from l

prior to becoming mayor, he served as city administrator where he focused on government efficiency and measures and reforms that reduced the size and cost of government. mayor lee first began working for the city and county of san francisco in 1989 as the investigator for the city's first whistle blower program. prior to employment with the city and county of san francisco, he was the managing attorney for the asian law caucus. i first met ed in 1992 when he became the executive director for the human rights commission and we were both 16. that's two decades ago, ed. i watched him soon become the director of city purchasing and then going on to become the director of public works. i think ed is the only mayor in city history that can carry tlau on the campaign promise to fill the potholes because he actually knows how and he's the only mayor in city history that can say he actually knows every single city street because his crews probably paved them. i have had the privilege of working alongside ed for many years in city government. he has always been a cherished colleague and friend t

i ask the zone is administrator about a hypothetical. i asked if starbucks coffee decided to start a tea store for the store used blue instead of green, starbucks has green stores, instead of the mermaid logo, it had a dragon and sold no coffee, the look would be different, the color scheme would be different. despite these differences the zoning administrator readily agree that starbucks tea would be accounted for as starbucks. that entirely independent businesses who share no common ownership structure at all could be coming together as formula even if it was zero coordination among them. if entirely independent businesses had a standardized or what could be taken as standardized ray of merchandise, the department could deny them a business. this is absurd but this is a result that was conceivable to the zoning administrator. on this basis, a new independent coffee shop, for example whose merchandise is coffee tea and pastries like many of them get them from the same sources offers wifi as a core display of show of local artist, offers

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administration sources leak the disputed findings to "the new york times" in september 2002.he paper runs its sensational scoop on the front page. >> this is -- >> within hours, dick cheney is quoting that scoop as fact on "meet the press." >> it's now public that, in fact, he has been seeking to acquire and we have been able to intercept him and prevent him from acquiring through this particular channel, the kind of tubes that are necessary to build a centrifuge. >> i called my friend in oak ridge and said, are these the same tubes we were talking about last year? and they said, yes. i said, i thought we put that to rest a year ago. >> united nations inspections -- >> four days later, commemorating the first anniversary of 9/11, president george w. bush repeats the claim at the united nations. >> iraq made several attempts to buy high strength aluminum tubes used to enrich uranium for a nuclear weapon. >> i think the bush administration took a great deal of satisfaction in being able to cite the supposedly liberal "new york times" in making their case for it. >> absent the a

this administration, the u.s. administration, of course, continues to push for its syria military strike overseas today. secretary of state john kerry was in london where he was meeting with britain's foreign secretary william hague. kerry said there could be no peace in syria if the assad regime is allowed to use chemical weapons with no international response. >> if one party believes that he can rub out countless numbers of his own citizens with impunity, using chemicals that have been banned for nearly 100 years because of what europe learned in world war i, if he can do that with impunity, he will never come to a negotiating table. >> and, of course, britain's parliament did vote downy military involvement by great britain in syria. william hag emphasized hits his country country's close an inment with the u.s. on the crisis. >> first working to create the conditions for a geneva 2 peace process that can lead to a transitional government in syria, secondly addressing the desperate humanitarian situation, thir

this administration's faith instead. so with that i do want to thank my colleagues who are here tonight talking about the important thing, what could be more important than religious freedoms? i think many would say that's the foundation, the basic foundation upon which this nation was created and why many people have immigrated over the centuries here and many people even today continue to immigrate to the united states, because of its religious freedom. let's hold this dear. let's not let go of the first amendment. the ability to not only believe what you choose to believe in religion, but also to speak out and express as well. even to take action. all of these fundamental and very important. and so with that i would like to yield back to mr. forbes and thank you again for the opportunity. mr. forbes: dr. fleming, we thank you for your expertise in both the health care area and the military and thanks for fighting this fight so well. one of the truly great champions on religious freedom issues has been the chairman of

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lawmakers in the dark about the details of the evidence they have and as far as the administration's response on whether or not the president will go ahead with a military action in the absence of a congressional approval both the president's aides are saying that he will listen to congress the president himself is hinting that he might not listen to congress which of course begs the question why this charade in congress then. the latest polls are showing most americans are also against intervention in syria and the figures are even high in france and the u.k. was sixty and eighty percent respectively are games military action similar sentiments are shared in germany and italy while in syria's neighbor turkey the percentage of those against intervention is even higher at seventy two percent. last month alleged chemical weapons in syria was the most likely a provocation by the rebels according to a prominent team of former u.s. intelligence officials they are now appealing to the white house to scrap its war plans and say it's president obama being misled into believing us that was re

at one point he said of our administration, he said, you know, our administration isn't a social media administration like yours where we do everything. there was a lot to learn from that interview, there really was. so all praise to charlie rose and cbs on that. >> and you also got to see this person who is called a dictator up close and personal. you know, as we say, eyebrows and chin. and see is he lying? what do you think about what he's saying? >> he was very robotic and very hard to watch when he talked about chemical weapons. >> but also clever, impressing on the single biggest weakness of the obama campaign, which is vast unhappiness in america with what happens next. >> right. >> being involved in the middle east. >> let me come back to sort of the competing spins because there was a pretty good story in "the new york times" which talked about the way obama supporters and opponents are dealing with his conduct on syria. it gave the white house view. in this view, says "the new york times," obama is a nimble leader more concerned about getting the answer right than satisfying a

back to the obama administration's position as it was pointed out, because the administration recentlyople who were brought to the united states by no mistakes or decision of their own, allowing them to graduate high school, if they keep their record clean and go on to avoid being deported, that this man would somehow fall into that. but is it because of his age here? >> well, it is. he's too old for that program. he's been waiting for a visa, though, for 17 years. his father is now -- he is like many of those people. he was brought here at a young age by his parents. most of his siblings now are citizens. he's been waiting for a visa. he estimates it's going to take him another six years to get his visa. he basically says, you know, time is moving on. i want to start practicing law. >> all right. pete, thank you so much for joining us on this story. i'm sure we'll be talking about it more. thanks a lot, pete. >> you bet. >>> still ahead, big tobacco back on the air more than 40 years after having its cigarette ads banned from tv. should the e-cigarettes that i'm sure you're seeing all

syria that's been proposed by russia white house spokesperson jay carney says that the obama administration will continue to try to get congressional authorization for a military strike on syria despite the latest offer of this unexpected offer carney said that the white house feels that it must keep pressuring the syrian government and threaten military strikes because he believes that it is due to the u.s. threats that caused the offer to be bait today by russia with syria's support u.s. officials in the meantime though have gone so far as accusing moscow some u.s. officials of using this proposal as stalling tactic of having the proposal be disingenuous in the meantime we also heard from a national security and security advisor susan rice who believes that every time chemical weapons are used or moved around in syria it raises the likelihood that they will land in the hands of terrorists mrs rice said that if left unchecked she believes that the syrian government and syrian president bashar al assad will use chemical weapons again and she also said that the reason u.s. president barack o

plan to bomb syria now two hundred seventeen votes are needed to pass or to fail the administration's plan all representatives who are leaning no right now actually vote no president obama's plan to attack syria will fail at least in the house this administrator has failed to show me the direct threat to the united states of america we have absolutely no guarantee it will expand no guarantee of peace in the region the cia has prepared a video presentation that shows the aftermath of the brandis attacks in syria it's a collection of gruesome videos that were previously posted on you tube it's designed to sway members of congress to vote yes on bombing syria but the videos as gruesome as they are do not offer proof that the assad government has carried out the attacks nor does the four page on classified report released by the administration earlier members of congress are supposed to get the proving classified hearings but as congressman alan grayson said they're being given intelligence briefings without any hard evidence to support administration's claims that the syrian leader has o

we had two administrations, first bush administration and the clinton administration, that did not wantput boots on the ground in iraq, i think successfully contained saddam, and avoided the mess. and then suddenly everything for two administrations that we decided we wouldn't do, we suddenly were immersed in trying to rebuild that nation and into a mess we didn't understand. this is a religious war, in many aspects. we've taken sides now, and this mess is -- i think can lead to involvement in egypt and elsewhere in the region. and i don't see anybody else doing anything more than just holding our coat in this. >> fouad, you're more supportive of the opposition? >> well, look, we have to believe in people. we have to believe they have something in them, goodness in them, a desire for freedom. we have to believe the syrian people are capable of spawning the regime of much greater mercy, much greater humanity. and that's what's been missing for the last two and a half years. that's why we didn't intervene, why we didn't arm them, we must trust them. otherwise we shouldn't do this whole th

this is especially for democratic politicians who voted for the administration, the bush administration, and took over. >> you have helped the office orchestrate the run-up to two wars, and i know some of the folks watching today will say, hey, look, remember what happened in iraq where the bush administration took us to war based on information and intelligence that was widely believed but turned out to be false. i have a couple of questions. first of all, how much do you think the iraq experience has soured this country against any military involvement? >> well, take a look at what happened in libya. before president obama acted in libya in 2011, the american people opposed military action by 35-60. after he took action, they were supporting 54-43. so they're against any action, but when you take action and they're successful, they're in support of president obama in iraq. congress has two set of issues with members of congress. i spent the last two years talking to members, particularly in the house. one basket of issues are particular issues. is there a national security interest in

who have received the support of our school site administrators to encourage them to get this out and talk about it and to create an alternative or to help other students or to educate others stop the practices or to interpret what bullying is. a lot of us didn't know what that was. now if you allow generations to think there's no consequence, bullying becomes harassment, harassment becomes physical with scars and then you've got, i hate to say the word, but you have gangs of kids who don't know the difference. that's what we naed to educate ourselves on. as i've said and if i have identified all the different players, it does take a village to raise our kids. it does require us to understand not only what happens in the classroom, what happens on the school grounds, what happens in programs that we all cherish so much on and off our school sites, it's online and it's off-line that we also have to concern ourselves with. it is with kids that have both parents and kids without the parents at home that it's happening. we need to embrace a full court program on this because the numbers t

bombed beirut under the reagan administration. one month later, the suicide bombers struck barracks in the country and more than 200 marines were killed. years later, a bombing raid in libya. under the clinton administration, officials ordered attacks on al qaeda camps in afghanistan. the radical group retaliated and attacking in yemen and following the attacks in september of 2001. these are all incidents weighing on the president's strategy which has no time line. >> the rationale for the president is as powerful today and if not more powerful each day. >> some lawmakers say we can keep the security strong if it is done correctly and international cooperation. >> every time the united states has acted decisively, there is no retaliation. >> keep in mind, many lawmakers are outspoken before a full debate, that doesn't mean they are on board with an attack. greg, back to you. >> elizabeth, thanks. >>> a giant in television journalism. david frost has died at the age of 74. he may be best remembered for the interviews with presiden

administration is a civil u.s.nt and served as the ambassador to israel during the clinton administrationnd is an army veteran serving in korea. i want to share the comments issued over the weekend by the former cia director general david petraeus who was asked whether he supports or opposes the use of military intervention. he supports it and says -- he is saying that they never underestimate the u.s. resolve. comment was from former cia director general david petraeus. what are your thoughts? petraeusthink general is making the argument that i cw/bwed to on the use of ,nd weapons of mass destruction this should not go unpunished and without a strong reaction. the problem is to get the international consensus to act in the most collective and meaningful manner in the international community whereby president obama and secretary kerry can build the largest possible coalition of the willing to go and take military action and that we are not there alone. major effort is being made by the president and secretary of state with the europeans at the g-20 meeting that recently concluded. meaning

what capitol hill things now congress is as skeptical over obama's case against assad as even administration officials admit they lack undeniable proof to implicate the syrian government and the deadly use of chemical weapons u.s. senators are almost evenly split into those for and against intervention with half of the chamber still undecided while the law and more populated house has more lawmakers are firmly against or leaning towards turning down the war crime and she can has the latest from washington you may find some of the images in the report distressing. the upcoming vote in congress might not be as slam dunk as many thought it would be considering the support for military action in syria that congressional leaders have previously expressed members of congress admit that they are being bombarded by calls from their constituents ninety nine percent of whom demand that they vote no to the administration's plan to bomb syria now two hundred seventeen votes are needed to pass or to fail the administration's plan all representatives who are leading know right now actually vote no preside

as epa administrator. and secretary moniz, same goes for you. thank you for being here. my republican colleagues's arguments today relating to carbon pollution and changing climate are reminiscent of their arguments and the arguments of special interests in the past when it comes to updating our standards relating to pollution and health standards and clean environment and they predict and they always do we will have a rise in unemployment, the unemployment rate is going to skyrocket, they predict the economy will go into a tailspin, if america tackles pollution and climate problems, it is an argument they raise every time america asks to set better standards for air, water, children's health. all you have to do is think back to the 1970s, i am old enough to remember what mornings were like before the clean air act and how smoggy it was a you would come out of your house and you could smell it and taste it and the country had the wherewithal to adopt the clean air act and over decades our air has improved.

parents blame the government of pakistan and the administration for not ensuring a right to education for the children in circumstances where the administration is a principal defaulter. >> angry over the termination of the children from school admissions, parents sat in protest outside their offices demanding the rightful dues from the administration in pakistan- occupied kashmir for salaries unpaid, which have stretched many months now. >> the last 18 months has resulted in assurances from the administration that no action will result in actual payment of salaries. there is today a looming threat of acute destitution of government employees and the resulting impoverishment of their families. >> most government departments and authorities in pakistan, whether it be health, water, or electricity, are under deep unnatural crisis, and patience is running out from striking workers, who are staging protests at all possible executive and judicial been used. however, despite his additions to the pakistan government and administration of pakistan- occupied kashmir, there is no authority list

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is that something that the administration would regard as a favorable move or not? and lastly, you've had the briefings but lost ground in the senate. there are more senate delegation saying they don't want to support this. why are you losing ground. >> let me just say this, first of all, we take every possible. precaution to make sure we can prevent and defend against that might arise from the use of military action. and we've done that and we'll continue to do that. and it is our judgment that president assad and syria would have very little interest in picking a fight with the united states of america. so i don't think that is likely at all. second, with regard to the reports today about this russian initiative, we've seen the reports. we want to take a hard look at the proposal. we'll obviously discuss the idea with the russians. and, of course, we would welcome a decision and action by syria to give up its chemical weapons. the whole point of what we're doing is to stop syria from using these weapons again. but i think it's important to keep a few things in min

iran and its influence in syria then i think they really will show this administration's hand and i believe that it will then show just how bankrupt the whole notion has been on what the motivation was in the first place ok thank you we do have to leave it senior security policy analyst for the u.s. defense secretary michael no they thank you. or president obama is sharpening his case for military intervention before a crucial congress vote has been said and he'll be making a string of media appearances later today before meeting democratic lawmakers and addressing the nation on choose day the senate could vote as early as wednesday and the house of representatives may take another week to make a decision or many in congress aren't convinced by obama's speech they want to see more evidence of assad's involvement in last month's alleged chemical strike according to a washington post estimate a majority in both chambers of congress are undecided and here's how the senate vote would play out if it took place right now the house of representatives could prove to be obama's biggest challenge it'

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administration didn't say much about syria. the president was virtually silent on syria. and now we have come to the syria debate with this passion. it's this newly discovered passion and we have to be honest. the syrian whom you have been talking to and dealing with, was he encouraged, was he discouraged? he was not a man who saw this new phase as a kind of bright, new spot for the syrian people. we're doing this bombing now because we said we would. we have to rescue the president of the united states. >> you think that's what it's really about? >> we have to rescue the presidency. we cannot do -- >> so this isn't about syria? you're say thing is rescuing president obama basically for an off handed remark he made about a red line a year ago? >> i don't want to go that far. i think we are doing this, all of a sudden we discovered, look, this crisis has burned and we're talking about refugees leaving syria, 7 million people with displacement. 1 million children have left syria on their own. 740,000 under 11 years of age. and he

let's talk about the administration.time, has anyone been held accountable for the killings on the u.s.s. cole? >> no one has been held accountable from this administration. while they were in this individual, he is scheduled for a commission next september. mark my words, judge. it won't happen. right before the election, do you believe this president and his attorney general who fought for over four years to close guantanamo bay and tried to delay military commissions that returned will allow a death penalty case two months before 2014? i don't believe it will happen. >> u.s.s. cole was in 2000, right? >> correct. almost 13 years and yet no one has been held accountable. >> i want to go back to you. the people and senator kyle office and he talked about how we have to be people of our word. we haven't gotten anybody from benghazi in 2000. this is not even about our word, but our actions. shouldn't we avenge the deaths of americans? >> yes. it's like why it took the public ten years to get bin laden. why we did not resp

but the administration does have an obligation to test the russians. and if they're going to be constructive, then we ought to pursue it diligently. >> the problem for barack obama is that he has zigzagged his way for 18 months on assad. first it was we're going to get assad, and then there was a red line, it got crossed. once i got crossed, he said we're going to have to do strike s. and wait a minute, i have to go to congress, and now they're going to have to go to congress, and many americans are scratching their heads saying what is going on? >> well, it was north the president of the united states who used chemical weapons against 400 people and slaughtered thousands along with others. it was not the property of the united states who continued to escalate this. it was bashar al-assad. and the president of the united states hoped that the diplomacy would work, that russian and china, nobody used weapons, he said no, the international community looked the other way, he used them again and again until he engaged in the worst way with the catastrophic

we had two administrations, first bush administration and the clinton administration, that did not wanty contained saddam and avoided the mess. and then suddenly everything for two administrations that we decided we wouldn't do, we suddenly were immersed in trying to rebuild that nation and into a mess we didn't understand. this is a religious war, in many aspects. an ethnic, a tribal war. we've taken sides now, and this mess is -- i think can lead to involvement in egypt and elsewhere in the region. and i don't see anybody else doing anything more than just holding our coat in this. >> fouad, you're more supportive of the opposition? >> well, look, we have to believe in people. we have to believe they have something in them, goodness in them, a desire for freedom. we have to believe the syrian people are capable of spawning the regime of much greater mercy, much greater humanity. and that's what's been missing for the last two and a half years. that's why we didn't intervene, why we didn't arm them. we didn't trust them. we must trust them. otherwise we shouldn't do this whole thing. >

kerry told lawmakers the administration is waiting for russia's proposal but "we're not waiting for long." those were his words. we'll have the very latest on the push to authorize u.s. military action and the search for a diplomatic solution to avoid. >>> also happening right now, apple is unveiling its new crop of iphones. you the rumors have been rampant, more colors, a more budget-friendly model, even a new fingerprint sensor. will all this help apple keep up with the competition? we have details coming up in a live report. >>> i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to start with dramatic developments right now that are reshaping the debate over what to do about syria. what started as an off the cuff remark seemingly at least now a diplomatic push to avoid a u.s. military strike. at the same time, president obama is pressing ahead, trying to make the case for potential u.s. military action. he's lobbying lawmakers this hour. he addresses the nation tonight. the president says it's the threat of force that's driving the diplomacy. the secretary of state john kerry echoed that view du

twenty meeting in st petersburg last week where the obama administration was completely isolated in fact apart from the brits france and the democratic kingdom of saudi arabia so they're trying to find a way out there is no question about it will dispute be part of this thread is this ng is burned our bush house of sell their big four idea that apac the israeli lobby is law. starting today monday congress for the war so who's going to. the peaceniks or these rarely house of cellblock and the other extremely disturbing bit of news we got from an a source close to the syrian conflict talking to r.t. today false flag or not we don't know but a false flag chemical attack was the theory by the rebels launched from the territory controlled by the syrian government into israel give us your thoughts about that. wow this school says. it's one up only whites might have happened in fact in ghouta do forget that a few of us lead depended analysts in fact we were less of course stuck to the possibility of the false flag and how it happened in guta with chemical weapons that kitchen salary as we put i

the same administration ordered a bombing raid. under the clinton administration officials ordered attacks on al qaeda camps in afghanistan and a factory in sudan, a country that supported al qaeda. the radical group retaliated by attacking the ""u.s.s. cole" in yemen followed by the september 11th attacks. >> moreover, the chairman has indicated to me our capacity to execute this mission is not time sensitive. it will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now. and i'm prepared to give that order. >> while some critics argue an attack is too little, too late, others also say there's no such thing as just limited involvement and any interference could escalate. >> this could be a war in the middle east. it's serious. you've got to realize what this president has done to our military. and our military is so degraded now. >> many lawmakers support a full debate before any u.s. action does take place. that doesn't mean they're on board with an attack. many also note the cost of involvement, jamie, just one missile costs

information on capitol hill involving the obama administration and national security. why now? why would this videotape be afforded to us, be revealed publicly like this when so many members of congress have not seen it behind closed doors? >> fredricka, that's a very good question, and the timing is of clear significance here as the president and his team make the case. not sure why it would be revealed now, but i can build on what david kaye said a moment ago. in our reports over the past few weeks on the release of sarin gas and its effects and the effects of chemical weapons. i also interviewed a chemical expert from the proliferation of chemical studies. the images we're seeing here, and the use of sarin gas, she also reiterated that, because we talked about chemicals she has seen and others, and she told me, quote, if you don't have a gas mask on in an incident such as this, your body will begin to shut down. it's not just what you see on the videos with the twitching, and the convulsing, you will die within minutes. essentially your nerves shut down and you asphyxiate al

we have an administration, as i describe it, they're an enemy right now the way this administration has treated russia. they should have been a collaborator and a cooperative relationship should have been built by this administration over the last five years with russia. this president should be laying the plans to extricate u.s. interests from the region rather than send us, consign us to even further conflict. k.t., thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> colonel north, thank you, as always. >> my pleasure. >>> up next, a brand new book. emily gets her gun. we'll talk with emily about her gun and what it took to get it. emily miller, senior editor at the "washington times" joins us next. ♪ if you have high cholesterol, here's some information that may be worth looking into. in a clinical trial versus lipitor, crestor got more high-risk patients' bad cholesterol to a goal of under 100. getting to goal is important, especially if you have high cholesterol plus any of these risk factors because you could be at increased risk for plaque buildup in your arteries over time. and that

where all things considered i'm peter lavelle stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike it hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning so rounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another that they would allow international superv

i've seen the executive branch, clinton, bush administrations obama administrations. now they have the tools of persuasion. and you're now on the administration's turf. the administration and president will address the country. he will be persuasive. he's making a strong international case, more countries are joining us. i think the momentum is shifting to the administration. it will happen in the next few days but it's still going to be a tough vote. >> thank you so much. i'm sure we'll talk with you more, sir, with your insight. >>> a new poll out confirms americans are overwhelmingly opposed to military action against syria. the cnn poll shows 59% of americans say congress should not approve a resolution authorizing even limited military action against syria. joining me now, syria's xm michael summer connish, you're on the day hearing from people across the country and this poll i would imagine reflects what you're hearing as it's consistent with so many polls out right now? >> actually not. the 40% who are supportive of the president is being generous toward the p

no question about it the administration the obama administration is motivated in part by the the idea of counterbalancing iranian influence in the region and i would say an even more important element in that consideration is that our allies both in the region and outside the region that is britain and france are strongly committed to this and hiran strategy and so the united states almost as a knee jerk automatic reaction you know aligns itself with allies who are taking this position against iran now there's another factor which you know i don't want to overemphasize but i think it is in the background that the the us national security state has long had for decades has had their own stake in having iran as an adversary it's good for the bottom line it's means that they have a justification for continued high levels of congressional appropriations so i think that's part of the problem as well but i do think the more immediate issue is the obama administration's sort of cleaving to an international coalition of forces who are aligned against iran and it's almost an unthinking policy